ARE WE FREE YET? Colonial powers made many victims in the past. These crimes have lingering consequences such as underdevelopment, inequality and national divides. Freedom scores data: Freedom House and the United Nations by way of Arthur Cheib | Colonial rule data: Wikipedia | Table by: Ícaro Bernardes - @IcaroBSC
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| Past status | Country | Colonial Rule | Continent | Civil Liberties | Political Rights | ||||
| Oldest entry | Newest entry | Typical entry | Oldest entry | Newest entry | Typical entry | ||||
| Belgium and its victims | |||||||||
Colonizer |
 Belgium |
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Europe |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Burundi |
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Africa |
7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Colonized |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
 |
Africa |
6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Rwanda |
|
Africa |
6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| France and its victims | |||||||||
Colonizer |
 France |
|
Europe |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Canada |
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Americas |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Benin |
 |
Africa |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Colonized |
 Vanuatu |
 |
Oceania |
3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Colonized |
 Mali |
|
Africa |
3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Colonized |
 Senegal |
|
Africa |
5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Colonized |
 Comoros |
 |
Africa |
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Colonized |
 Madagascar |
 |
Africa |
4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Colonized |
 Niger |
|
Africa |
5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Colonized |
 Burkina Faso |
|
Africa |
4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Colonized |
 Morocco |
 |
Africa |
5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Colonized |
 Central African Republic |
 |
Africa |
4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
Colonized |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
|
Africa |
5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Djibouti |
 |
Africa |
6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Colonized |
 Gabon |
|
Africa |
4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Algeria |
 |
Africa |
6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Guinea |
 |
Africa |
5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Mauritania |
|
Africa |
6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Tunisia |
 |
Africa |
5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Cambodia |
 |
Asia |
6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Africa |
6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Viet Nam |
 |
Asia |
7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Colonized |
 Chad |
|
Africa |
5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Colonized |
 Lao People's Democratic Republic |
 |
Asia |
6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Netherlands and its victims | |||||||||
Colonizer |
 Netherlands |
|
Europe |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 South Africa |
 |
Africa |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Colonized |
 Suriname |
 |
Americas |
3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Colonized |
 Indonesia |
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Asia |
6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| UK and its victims | |||||||||
Colonizer |
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
|
Europe |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Bahamas |
|
Americas |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Barbados |
|
Americas |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
Canada |
 |
Americas |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 United States of America |
|
Americas |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Cyprus |
|
Asia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Ireland |
|
Europe |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Malta |
|
Europe |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Australia |
 |
Oceania |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 New Zealand |
 |
Oceania |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Ghana |
 |
Africa |
4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Belize |
 |
Americas |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Israel |
 |
Asia |
3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Colonized |
 Botswana |
 |
Africa |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Colonized |
South Africa |
|
Africa |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Colonized |
Vanuatu |
 |
Oceania |
3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Colonized |
 Guyana |
 |
Americas |
2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Colonized |
 Jamaica |
 |
Americas |
3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Colonized |
 India |
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Asia |
4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Colonized |
 Malawi |
 |
Africa |
3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Colonized |
 Sierra Leone |
 |
Africa |
6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Colonized |
 United Republic of Tanzania |
 |
Africa |
5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Colonized |
 Zambia |
 |
Africa |
4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Colonized |
 Nepal |
 |
Asia |
4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Colonized |
 Gambia |
 |
Africa |
6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Colonized |
 Kenya |
 |
Africa |
6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Colonized |
 Nigeria |
 |
Africa |
7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Colonized |
 Bangladesh |
|
Asia |
4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Colonized |
 Bhutan |
 |
Asia |
7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Colonized |
 Malaysia |
 |
Asia |
5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Colonized |
 Uganda |
 |
Africa |
4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Colonized |
 Kuwait |
 |
Asia |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Colonized |
 Pakistan |
|
Asia |
5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Colonized |
 Singapore |
|
Asia |
5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Colonized |
 Jordan |
 |
Asia |
4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Colonized |
 Egypt |
 |
Africa |
6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Iraq |
 |
Asia |
7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Colonized |
 Oman |
 |
Asia |
6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Qatar |
 |
Asia |
6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Colonized |
 United Arab Emirates |
 |
Asia |
5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Yemen |
 |
Asia |
6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Colonized |
 Zimbabwe |
 |
Africa |
5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Afghanistan |
 |
Asia |
7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Colonized |
 Bahrain |
 |
Asia |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Colonized |
 Somalia |
 |
Africa |
7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Colonized |
 Sudan |
 |
Africa |
7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Colonized |
 Myanmar |
 |
Asia |
7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
